Systemic Intervention for Public Health
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 96 (3) , 466-472
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2005.067660
Abstract
Many calls have been made for a systems approach to public health. My response is to offer a methodology for systemic intervention that (1) emphasizes the need to explore stakeholder values and boundaries for analysis, (2) challenges marginalization, and (3) draws upon a wide range of methods (from the systems literature and beyond) to create a flexible and responsive systems practice.I present and discuss several well-tested methods with a view to identifying their potential for supporting systemic intervention for public health.Keywords
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